Grimsley High School - Whirligig Yearbook (Greensboro, NC)

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IMPROVED Grove is eye- appealing product of student workmanship. Students cherish traditional places and product ions HECTIC DASH to parking lot (left) initiates daily lunch periods at GHS. Right: Seemingly interminable lines typify lunch in cafeteria. Page 24

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WOODSHOP student learns to transform irregular hunk of wood into a finely molded article of furniture. Accurately-sketched dream houses and buildings of tomorrow reveal the imagination of the stu¬ dent architect. Architects-to-be painstakingly de¬ sign and add impeccable finishing touches to their plans. Combining artistic flair and the knowledge of mathematic principles, drafting courses stress precise construction. The steady buzz of shop machines, grinding or polishing wood or metal, is the sound of pro¬ duction. Shop students, intent on perfecting the beauty and utility of their products, labor dili¬ gently over their work. Their finished products are created with anything but chance, for the craftsmen carefully map plans for their work. Often awarded prizes for their handiwork, GHS shop students gain deep satisfaction in striving to develop practical talents. Shop work acquaints students with mechanical skills COMPLEXITY of equipment in machine shop becomes familiar with use.

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IN PREPARATION for traditional Christmas pageant, Senior Class members work together. It is lunchtime and for a moment the grove stands empty. There are only the trees, brick walls, and azaleas, and the memories of countless students who have stood there. For the grove is a tradi¬ tional gathering place for talk and gossip and a last-minute smoke. As many others have done, some have hurried to the cafeteria, to socialize across the same old tables; others have rushed to the parking lot, aware that sixth period is only moments away and that, in their dash to a favorite eating place, they must make every second count. The machinery of our world seemed to tick smoothly. But on November 22, our world turned upside down, when in sixth period, our classes were interrupted to announce the assassination of President Kennedy. No words could express the grief, the numbness, the shock, the feeling of desolate emptiness. Yet the machinery of our world ticked on. Though progress demands change, some tra¬ ditions, like the Christmas pageant, are too dear to lose. The pageant itself may vary from one December to another, but always there is a Christmas program produced by seniors. And as days grow shorter and colder, winter brings the basketball season — and w ' ith it excitement, an accelerated pace, and a thrilling surge of school spirit. Page 25 ELECTRIFYING excitement of basketball season arouses the competitive spirit of both participants and students.